Sunday 28 May 2017

TROPHY EYES - 'Chemical Miracle' review


TROPHY EYES - 'Chemical Miracle' review


So these fellas from Australia play that big pop-punk crossed with new post-hardcore type thing, a bit like like BASEMENT and TURNOVER but a fair bit heavier (it might sound silly, but in places it even reminds me of SOILWORK's catchier stuff), and it's actually damn good; the contrast of styles is perfectly balanced, so we get some nice heavier tones and sections ('Rain on Me' is pretty blistering in places), but the anthemic choruses are also here in full force and had me from the first or second listen ('Nosebleed' and 'Breathe You In' especially), and the tracks 'Chemical' and 'Miracle' (see what they did there?) work as shorter, almost interlude type tracks, the latter of which is really touching. The last track is also an absolute beaut; I couldn't get the line 'I've got friends, but they don't love me like I love them' out of my head for a long time after hearing it. The lyrics to this album are quality throughout actually; really touching and quite harrowing in places. Favourite tracks for me are 'Home Is' and 'Suicide Pact' which are both incredible and probably a good representation of what you'll find on the rest of the album. Loved this far more than I thought I would, and can't help but highly recommend it.

https://trophyeyes.bandcamp.com/album/chemical-miracle

xox

Monday 8 May 2017

AUSTEROS - 'I've Got This' review


AUSTEROS - 'I've Got This' review


Don't you just love that feeling when a part of a song just indescribably 'clicks' with you and gives you goosebumps? Well, the chorus to 'Dead Cells', the second track of this new EP by AUSTEROS, gave me exactly that feeling. If I were cool I'd probably say it gives me life, but I'll just say I had to replay it very quickly after first hearing it. This three-piece now located in Bristol play indie-punk in a relatively clean fashion with great, bright guitar melodies and catchy choruses with really cool vocal harmonies, all wrapped up in short, energetic pop punk tunes. I couldn't help but notice how much the vocalist sounds like Billie-Joe in old GREEN DAY, and actually musically it isn't far off (think everything before and including 'Warning'); chuck in some of THE ERGS, maybe MODERN BASEBALL if that's your thing, and NEIL YOUNG and you won't be far off I reckon. Best thing you could do would be to check this out for yourself though; every track is really strong, including a lovely, touching acoustic one half way through. Great stuff, and it also has awesome artwork!


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